JavaScript Developer in Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Member since November 13, 2014

Benjamin has over 10 years of industry experience, mostly in the Bay Area with many major tech brands, and has been building websites since the late 90s before web standards even existed. His expertise is focused on the intersection of design and engineering. Code and UI/UX quality is always priority numero uno. He has worked in many different environments, from large engineering teams of 200+, to small startups.

Front-end Developer (via Toptal)

Built three new blocks for their pro blocks feature, including the records block, description block, and chart block.

Technologies: React

Front-end Developer (via Toptal)

2015 - 2016

Homely.com.au

Implemented React components-based UIs for new product features.

Created mobile-first, responsive interfaces.

Utilized advanced ECMAScript 6 and 7 language features for more expressive, flexible code.

Effectively worked with a remote team in a distant time zone (Australia) while living in the US.

Technologies: React, Node.js

Front-end Developer

2015 - 2015

Namecheap

Worked on numerous small projects as a contractor, including rebuilding their blog, and creating a single-page app for receiving an app download link via SMS.

Technologies: WordPress, PHP, CSS, Twilio

Front-end Software Engineer

2012 - 2014

Yelp

Worked closely with the product team to build new features for the desktop and mobile site.

Had a lead role on the small team that produced Yelp's first UI style guide, and then made it available to the public. The style guide precipitated an organization-wide push towards modular design.

Completely rebuilt Yelp's most important page (the business page) from scratch, using advanced CSS features for layout and interaction.

Led the development of a complete overhaul of all email templates, including Yelp Weekly, which is sent to millions of users per week.

Gained unique experience working on a large-scale software project with hundreds of contributors. Learned extensively about release engineering, including testing and deployment, as well as common web security vulnerabilities.

Experience

Built Thumbtack's help center as sole developer, using React and Redux on top of a Salesforce back end. Filled the UX and UI design role as well.

Thumbtack Solution Center (Development)

I built a conflict resolution application as a sole developer using React and Redux. It uses a chat-like interface to guide the two parties step-by-step towards finding a resolution to project conflict, such as a refund or redoing the work. It supports media attachments, single sign-on authentication, and email notifications. The public front end is behind authentication but I can demo the app during interviews.